legal holiday
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In December 2021, the council adopted an ordinance establishing Juneteenth as a legal holiday for unrepresented city employees and a parking holiday for the public.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022
The date became a legal holiday in 1879, and was later included in the Monday Holiday Law — which created the three-day weekend holiday — in 1968.
From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Although King was assassinated in 1968, legislation designating the third Monday in January—near his Jan. 15 birthday—as a legal holiday to honor him did not pass until 1983.
From Time • Jan. 13, 2017
Washington State does not recognize it as a legal holiday.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2016
It is now generally observed, and is a legal holiday in most of the States.
From Our Holidays Their Meaning and Spirit; retold from St. Nicholas by Various
